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Climbing Mount Laurel: The Struggle for Affordable Housing and Social Mobility in an American Suburb

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Under the New Jersey State Constitution as interpreted by the State Supreme Court in 1975 and 1983, municipalities are required to use their zoning authority to create realistic opportunities for a fair share of reasonably priced housing for low- and moderate-source of revenue households. Mount Laurel was once the town at the center of the court decisions. Consequently, Mount Laurel has grow to be synonymous with the debate over reasonably priced housing policy designed to create economically integrated communities. What was once the have an effect on of the Mount Laurel decision on those most suffering from it? What does the case let us know about economic inequality?

Climbing Mount Laurel undertakes a systematic evaluation of the Ethel Lawrence Homes–a housing development produced because of the Mount Laurel decision. Douglas Massey and his colleagues assess the consequences for the surrounding neighborhoods and their inhabitants, the township of Mount Laurel, and the residents of the Ethel Lawrence Homes. Their analysis reveals what social scientists call neighborhood effects–the notion that neighborhoods can shape the life trajectories of their inhabitants. Climbing Mount Laurel proves that the building of reasonably priced housing projects is an efficacious, cost-effective approach to integration and making improvements to the lives of the poor, with reasonable cost and no drawbacks for the community at large.

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